The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-31
THE FLINT GLASS STRIKE.


Tho Few VRctorteA which nro not In.
clutled.
The ignorance OF the Pittsburgh presa
concerning the nail situation Is only e1-
cesdsd By its ignorance concerning the
glass strike. The report was gravely sent
out from there day before yesterday that
the eastern flint glass manufacturers had
concluded to join with those Of the Weat
in enforcing tho new rules and scale. Last
night the following came to hand:
PlTTspURau, Pa, Dec. 30.-rhe cficialo
of the American Flint Glass Workers
Union are patiently waiting the outcome
OF the trouble in the Eastern factories.
On January 2 tho present ecsle there will
.exoire and the men will demand the
Same ecs!s for next year. The manutac.
Eturers, ono and all, have refused to sign
any scale ct all, which would not open
1.-The factories to nol-union workmen as
we'll as the union men. Altogether there
are about eight hundred members in the
union involved which will affect about
lone Thousand Eore indirectly. Should
1.-THE strike occur, it will give the national
officers Of The union considerable more
work. They will have to pay about SIS.
coo weekly out Of the strike fund to the
workers. -
There arc no Indications of settlement
OF the strike Of the Western flint glass
workers. Both sides ore firm and pro.
tracted struggle i7 expected.
Th truth is that at the time the new
ruleE and seal --ere adopted o new or
zauization WAS iol d, called the Ameri-
can Flint Glass Mauufacturers' Aesocia.
ton, composed Of sh eastern and west.
ern manufacturers, one Of the most Hol.
emn agreements Of which was that all
would stand firmly together until three.
fourths Of the members voted to modify
or resclnd their action. Tho names of all
these manufacturers, who aro ncattered
from Massachusetts to Covington, KY,
and number about fifty, were printed in
the 1NTELLIGESCER st the time. The fac.
tories not included are much less numer.
ons; they are: The Fostoria, Ohio, works,
new ard just started, the Brilliant works,
just started by ito new owners, the Can.
ton, Ohio, works, the Buckeye, at Martins
Ferry, making shades almost exclusively
now, tho Columbia, at Findlay, the CO.
operative, at Beaver Falls, and the Beaver
Falls, and the Windsor, at Homestead.
Besides these there is the Lantern Globe
Works, at Belsire, which does rot COM
pete with table ware factoriea, and three
non.union factolies-the Riverside, at
Wellshurg, the Rochester Tumbler Works,
and the new factory at Washington, Pa,
The chimney factories OF Pittsburgh
wanted new scale to 60 into effect Feb
runry l, in which case they agreed to Join.
Thia was rejected. There are but seven
chimney factories, all in Pittsburgh or
this section, which are not in the list, and
they may come in. At their last meeting
the vote was three for tho now scale to
four against. j, -l5
The Central Glass Works will have all
the metal worked out OF it's pots to-day at
noon, and will then shut down till the
strike 10 settled. The eastern chimney
men have enlisred for the war; also Hem
inRwray & Co., OF Coylngton, Ky, whose
principal output is lamps. Thoao eastern
factories now running will all shut down
not later than January Q, when the new
rules and scale go into effect. This is a
comprehensive and correct statement OF
the manufactured situation.